Vacuum Elevator Gives Users a Gentle Lift

by Will Knight NewScientist.com, 6 May 2005 A one-person vacuum elevator that slots into buildings with a minimum of fuss has gone on sale in the US. The tube-shaped transporter carries a person upwards at a steady speed of 15 centimetres per second using turbines to suck air out of a pressurised chamber above the passenger capsule. The capsule is lowered when the pressure in the upper section is returned to normal. Read the article